HARMONY BLAZER

Upcycled classical blazer with a semi-transparent collar and back tulle layer featuring a red peace symbol. Cropped fit, exposed shoulder and sleeve seams. Irregular yarn following the seam lines past the hem. 
 
UPCYCLED COTTON AND SILK
ONESIZE
MADE IN ZÜRICH
DESIGNED AND SEWN BY AFTER DARK STUDIO
FULL REVENUE WILL BE DONATED TO REDUCE CO2 EMISSIONS
 
 
Hara Hara Tokei
[Hara Hara conveys a sense of one‘s heart beating (as one would feel waiting in suspense with a timing device for an explosive).... hara tokei as one‘s internal clock]
 
The deconstructed blazer is inspired by the anarchistic group called „Anti-Japan armed Front“ and their infamous urban guerrila manual „Hara Hara Tokei“ that I‘ve found in a little bookstore in Shinjuku Ni Chome.
 
The book deeply moved me and evoked the feeling of helplessness multiple times, making me think about how one can make a change. A change without violence, blood or war. Unlike the japanese armed front and the warfares, genocides and military operations that are currently happening in this world.
 
The piece tells a story about pragmatic pacifism, social defense and civil disobedience. A motivation to act and to make a change, no matter how small it is, re-thinking our believes and acting instead of watching the world falling apart.
 
Inspired by the makers, protestors, the symbolism of peace.